Lukas Hofer (born 30 September 1989) is an Italian

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Career

Hofer competed for Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in biathlon. Together with Karin Oberhofer,

Dorothea Wierer Dorothea Wierer (, ; born 3 April 1990) is an Italian biathlete competing in the Biathlon World Cup. Together with Karin Oberhofer, Dominik Windisch and Lukas Hofer she won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Soc ...

and Dominik Windisch he won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay at the

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, in

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. Then four years later at the

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together with

Lisa Vittozzi Lisa Vittozzi (born 4 February 1995) is an Italian biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup, Vittozzi has won a bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 in Kontiolahti (4 × 6 km relay). At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter ...

, Dorothea Wierer and Dominik Windisch, he once again won a bronze medal in the Mixed relay. ;Further notable results: * 2007: 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, sprint * 2008: 1st, Italian Biathlon Championships, mass start * 2009: 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, mass start * 2011: ** 1st, Italian Biathlon Championships, sprint ** 1st, Italian Biathlon Championships, mass start * 2012: ** 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, sprint ** 3rd, Italian Biathlon Championships, pursuit

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''2 medals (2 bronze)''

World Championships

''4 medals (2 silver, 2 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

Junior/Youth World Championships

Individual victories

''2 victory (2 Sp)'' :''*Results are from IBU races which include the

Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, alt ...

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km) ...

and the

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